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RESPIRATOR

A device designed to protect the wearer from inhaling harmful dusts,
fumes, vapors, and/or gases. Respirators come in a wide range of
types and sizes. There are two main categories: (1) the air
purifying respirator,
which forces contaminated air through a filtering element, and (2)
the air-supplied
respirator, in
which an alternate supply of fresh air is delivered. Within each
category, different techniques are employed to reduce or eliminate
noxious airborne contaminants.

Some respirators require
medical screening and fit testing.

Air Purifying Respirator (APR):
Respirators which consist of a facemask and an air-purifying device,
which is either attached directly to the mask or carried on a body
harness and connected to the mask via a breathing hose. APRs
selectively remove specific airborne contaminants (particulate,
vapors, fumes, and gases) from ambient air by filtration, adsorption
or chemical reactions. Filtering cartridges are removed and replaced
at the end of their useful service life. APRs can be either of the
full face or half mask varieties.

Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR):
A type of air
purifyingrespirator
whichconsist
of a powered fan which forces incoming air through one or more
filters for delivery to the user for breathing. The fan and filters
may be carried by the user or with some units the air is fed to the
user via tubing while the fan and filters are remotely mounted.

Supplied Air Respirator (SAR):
Often referred to as an airline respirator. These devices provide air
to the user, through an airline, from a source located some distance
away.

SPFA believes that the path to a healthful, safe, high-quality and performing SPF installation travels through the hands of a knowledgeable, trained, experienced, and ideally PCP-certified professional contractor.